Our Donors

Corporate, foundation and organization supporters

Many thanks to these generous supporters of City Lights! Here’s a partial list.

Individual Donors

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The Inspiration Circle ($75,000+)

City Of San Jose, Office Cultural Affairs
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The William And Flora Hewlett Foundation

The Trailblazers ($50,000+)

Urban Community

The Groundbreakers ($25,000+)

Terry & Catherine Graff, in memory of Julia Moore
Sandra Moll
The Shubert Foundation

The Innovators ($10,000+)

Applied Materials Community Foundation, a corporate advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Cheryl Booton and Bob Mannell
Constance & Paul Boulay
Google Matching Gifts
Chris Heinbokel
Anita Kapadia and Feroze Taraporevala
Jonathan Karpf and Kathleen Zaretsky*
Karen S. Leonard & Cheryl Lander
Christy Martin & Cindy Melter
Charlie McCollum
Nancy B. Coleman and Paul M. Resch
The Resilience Initiative, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Silicon Valley Creates
Mary Lou Torre and Richard Hagan
The Valley Foundation Donor Advised Fund

The Game Changers ($5,000+)

Marv & Bonnie Bamburg
Rick & Violet Boyle, in honor of Lisa Mallette
Lauren Doyle & Justin Pease, in memory of Rick Holden
Jerald Enos
Benjamin Hemmen
Cayce Hill & Joe Zullo
Dan Hill
Nan Ho & Gary Miner
Richard & Peggy James
Wanda Kownacki Fund, a donor advised fund, in memory of Rick Holden
David & Ada May, in honor of Keith May
Mission City Community Fund
Clint Moore
Bill Porter
San Jose Downtown Association
Santa Clara County
Kevin Ung

The Movers & Shakers ($2,500+)

Niall Adler
Dena Behnam
Jason and Laura Bennert
Sarah Clish*
Karen DeHart
The Hunter-Garcia Family Donor Advised Fund
Ken Krechmer & Elaine Baskin, in memory of Rick Holden
Kuechler-Montes De Oca Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Jacqueline & Richard Mayer, in memory of Rick Holden
Lyle Merithew and Sandy Swirsky
Gillian Moran
Richard Newton
Mark & Karen Anderson Phillips
Christian Pizzirani & Evelyn Huynh
Matt & Samantha Resch
Carl & Marianne Salas
San Jose Water Company
The Joel Dean Foundation
The Thermond Philanthropy Fund
Suzanne Wittrig and Alfonso Banuelos

The Engagers ($1000+)

Adobe Employee Matching Program
Deb and Paul Anderson
Linda Anderson
Apple Matching Gifts Fund
Barry Swenson Builder
Iris Berke
Lisa Buchanan & John Blair
Alyssa Byrkit
Steven & Karin Chase
Laura Colunga In honor of Cheryl Barker
Sandi & Richard Conniff
Patricia Curia
Pat Diamond, in memory of Robert Diamond
Scott & Jennifer Eckerman
Brad & Candace Eggleston
Sandra & Clayton Feldman
Martin & Barbara Fishman
Dan Flynn
Barbara Fraser
Ron Gasparinetti & Steve Cortopassi
Steven & Dawn Gerdt
Kevin and Noelle GM Gibbs
The Goldfeldt Fund
Steve Grant and Marni Kamzan, in memory of Rick Holden
Erik Gutfeldt & Deb Goldeen
Denise & Jim Heick
David and Cheryl Heiman
Laura Henderson and Jason Silva
Intel Matching Gifts
The Kieve Foundation
Jan & Sofia M. Laskowski
Aaron Loeb & Kathy Roberts
Cliff Maas
Maria & Steve Marquis
Toby McChesney
Christine Mengarelli and Dale Elliott
Douglas Moore
Ross Nelson*
Molly & James Olivas
Anonymous
Noah & Heather Price
Glenn Reed
Kimberly Ridgeway
ServiceNow
Christopher Slater
John & Amanda Straigis
TheatreDNA
Carol & Dan Turner*
Damian I. Vega
Anonymous
Geri Weimers, in memory of Rick Holden
Jospeh Buck & Christine Welsh-Buck Donor Fund
Nancy Wheeler
Mohamed Ismail & Jessica Whittemore

The Dreamers ($500+)

4Imprint
Cheryl Barker
Susan Barker
Arjun Batra
Martha C. Beattie
Susan Benjamin
Jan & Mike Bergkamp
Aldo Billingslea
Tom and Larel Bondi
Jeffrey Bracco
Matt & Sarah Brockmeyer
Bryan Brown In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
City of San Jose District 3
Dave Chandler
Janice L & Gary H Cherrier
Rosalee Clarke, in memory of Bob Clarke*
Pat and Chuck Corr
Jane Decker
Joseph & Michelle Dittberner
Bien Doan
April Durrett & Matt Reilly
William Ereneta*
Pam Foley
Jane Frommer and Stephen Boyer
Carol Garvey
Keith Garvey Good Democrat Foundation
John Gilbert
Sophie P. Giles & John C. Hurd
The Goldman/Singer Family Fund
Tom Gough and Luisa Sermol
David & Kate Gross
John and Barbara Harriman
Susan Hayes
Rose & John Henderson
Brian and Jocelyn Herndon
Angie Higgins & Tom Shamrell
Adriana Hokk
Michael Kelley & Jill Huchital
Intuit Matching Gifts
Edward James
James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton
Janikke Klem & Leon Glover
Johnny & Katie Kolasinski
Alison & Richard Lane
Anna Lee
Roy Leonard
Nicole Letellier
Lisa Mallette
Judith Marlin
Peter Mateja
Gary & Debbi Maxwell
Micron Technologies
Jason Molenda
Vickie Moore
Michael Mulhern & Glen Cantrell
Barbara Murray*
Caitlin Papp
Daniel Pappone
Bart Perry
Maryellen Petrich*
Phil Kurjan Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Sal, Amy, Mia and Alex Pizarro
James Reber, in memory of Mary L. Reber
The Roble Road Fund
Joyce & Campbell Scott
Anonymous, in honor of Christy Martin
Sempra Engery Matching Fund
Ellen and Bryan Shaner*
Andrew Smith
Alison Steel
David Taylor
Anonymous
Valbridge Property Advisors
Virginia Walbot
Winnie Weng
DJ & Linda Whipple
Kendall Williams
James D. Williams
Paul and Anne Younan
Susan Zaslaw and Martin Liss*

The Doers ($250+)

Kerry Adams-Hapner, in memory of Rick Holden
Karen & Richard Ajluni
Dale Allison
Robert B. Ames
Nanci Amolsch & Brian Buhrow
Adonna J. Amoroso. In memory of Rick Holden
Chloë Angst
Allie Bailey
Abe and Jacky Baily
Anonymous
Anonymous
Thomas Becker
Anonymous
The Beuermans
Steve and Marcia Block
Christina Bolognini
Scott Brown and Alex Fitzpatrick
Don & Becky Brownson
Anonymous
Erica Bulycz
The Burns Family
Barbara Canup
Virginia Carpio
Helena G. Clarkson
Darryl and Carolyn Compton
Carolyn Coulson
Randy Cross
Randy DeBoer, In memory of Rick Holden
Chris del Pilar
Jerry Di Salvo
Virginia Drake
Karen English & John Engell
Anonymous
Nancy Batiloro Felder
Derek Foster
Wayne & Estelle Glass
Google Corporation
John Angell Grant
Phil and Diane Griego
Lisa Burton Guevara
Craig Hamilton
Ross Arden Harkness
Susan Hartt
Nicole Hawkins
Catherine and Judd Heape, in honor of Deb Anderson
David Heine & Chrisula Bloore
Leigh Henderson
Heritage Bank of Commerce
Anonymous, in memory of Don Hiatt
Kimberly Mohne Hill
David & Karen Hook
Anonymous
Kim James
Jon Jenkins and Renee Schell
Michael Johnson, In memory of Howard Miller
Julia Jones
Leah & Keith Jones In memory of Richard Holden
Diane Jonte-Pace, in memory of Rick Holden
Edward Joy
Sandra Jozefowicz
Karen Kienzle
Jon Kull
Anonymous
Kate & Tim Leehane
Theresa Lees, in honor of Rick Holden
Janet Lemon
Dane K. Lentz
Sarah & Joshua Levy
Amoreena Lucero*
Joyce Manina
William Maples
Keith Marshall, Vice President of the George Psarras Fan Club
Jim & Chris Martin
John McAvoy
Hugh & Debbie McDevitt, a donor advised fund
Bruce McLeod & Carla Befera
Charles & Jean Mendoza
Judith Miller
Robert Miller
The Margot Minnium Olsen Foundation
Ryan Monsen
Guillermo Morales
Teresa & Dan Morley
Neil & Phyllis Newman
Wendy Nichols
Nvidia Matching Gifts
Marlene O
John & Lisa Pampuch
Cindy Panelli
Lee Ann Payne & Chris Reber
Karen Altree Piemme
Marilyn Pifer
Sophia Quinlan
Roneet Rahamim & Max Tachis
Raegena Raymond-Brunker & Kris Brunker
The Eddie Reynolds & Hernán Correa Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Michael Rhone
Matt & Emily Roben
Kaye-Ailsa Rowan and Sally Cooperrider
Sherri R. Sager
Jennifer Sandretto
Sally Scofield
Anonymous
James Siebert
Gerald Smilovitz
Kyle Smith
Anonymous
Erin Southard
Allison & Jonathan Stanton
Dave & RuthE Stein, in memory of Todd Wright
Cameron Sturdevant
Victoria Taketa
Lynn K. Telford
Harrison-Ullmann Philanthropic Fund, a donor advised fund at the Jewlsh Silicon Valley
Alexandra Urbanowski
Paul Vallerga
Mark & Cris Vaughan
Dianne Vega
Tom Wagner
Rebecca Wallace In memory of Mark Stern
Cathy & Randy Warshawsky
Shannon Wass
Mark and Jeri Waxman In memory of Rick Holden
Mikey Weiland
Ronald Whittier Family Foundation
Maggie Wilde
Kit Wilder
Nanci Williams
Katherine Yates
Dana Zook

The Believers ($100+)

Julia and Dmitriy Afanasyev
Peter Allen
Anonymous
Ameriprise Employee Giving Program
Anonymous
Leo-Michael and Martine Anshutz
Rosalie Arntzen
Anonymous
Tigran Bakchagyan
Jamie Baker
Rachel & Tom Bakker
Nancy & Clayton Bavor
Brian & Stephanie Bianco
Kirsten Brandt
Kendall Callaghan, in honor of John Callaghan
Anonymous
John & Agnes Caulfield
Jeff Chandler
Anonymous
Barbara Clemmensen
Alice & Bill Cody
Steve & Suzanne Cowan
Elsa Cumpton
Kristi & Ed DaSilva
Bill and Alicia Davidovich
Bob Decker
Louis Delucas
Ramon & Jennifer Diaz-Arrastia
Anonymous
Rob & Teri Francis
Rodrigo Garcia-Reyes
Marie Gaskins In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Mary Goldstein
Alice Gosak Gary
Susan and Chris Grasso In memory of Rick Holden
Marcie Gugenheim
Kathy Gutberlet
Beverly Hansberry
Curt Hansen In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Gary Harris
Jane Hiatt
Roger and Karen Huitric In memory of Rick Holden
Anonymous
Holly Johnson
Russell Johnson
Nancy Palmer Jones
Christine Kacirek In honor of Don Hiatt
Rachel Kalin & Byron Stevens
Carol & Roland King
KLA Foundation
Harvey & Perla Kohs, in memory of Rose Kohs
Lee Kopp
Christine Kraft In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Sandra Krakowski
Bill & Rhonda Lakatos
Mike Lambert
Charlene Laymon
Colleen & Brian Lewis
Jay Seymour & Cindy Ling
Anonymous
Anonymous
Miles Mallette
Bill McCraw & Janet Muscio
Barbara McCreight In memory of Rick Holden
Dennis McLoughlin In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Chuck Mcloughlin In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Yvonne & Jim McLoughlin In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Anonymous
Lisa K. Miller
Michael Mitnick
Anonymous
Ashwini Mulgaonkar
Michael Munck
Omar & Brian Murad
Mai Norman In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Michael Norris
Linda Orandi
Susan Overland In honor of Deb Anderson
Anonymous
Perspective Theatre Company
Pintuna Inc.
Joni Podolsky, In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Alex Powers
Basab Pradhan
Bill Prince
Deborah Regalbuto
Ray Renati
Jorge L. Reyes
Jackie Roach
Janice Rombeck
Kirkwood Rough
Doug and Elizabeth Santana
Anonymous
Donna Schank In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Ed & Kereli Sengstack
Anonymous, in honor of Christy Martin
Joe Singer*
Matt & Val Singer
Sally A Slocum
Janet Smick
David Snow & Rosemary Elliott-Snow
Collette Son
Harold & Linda Spencer
Laura Sternberg
Anonymous
Della Thurgood
Leah Toeniskoetter
Patricia Toft
C. Trupski
Zach & Christian Vaughn-Munck
Patrick Vernaelde
Kathy Vita
The Family of Rudy & Anna Vitali, In memory of Our Beloved Cousin, Margaret “Maggie” McLoughlin
Joseph Weinstein In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Gary Weiss
Christine Weldon
Richard & Carol Wells
Judy West
Laura Westley
Colleen Wilcox In memory of Rick Holden
Gerrye and Calvin Wong
Bill Parkhurst & Amy Wright
Andy Younan In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Timothy Young
Jennifer Zeyl

*Sustained Giving Program
Those donors marked with an asterisk (*) are members of City Lights’ Sustained Giving Program, and have their donations charged automatically each month to provide invaluable, ongoing support throughout the year.